Under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018—which aims, inter alia, to incorporate into U.K. law all applicable E.U. legislation and to give powers to Ministers to make such amendments to […]
Tag: U.K. Withdrawal from the E.U.
Winter Colloquium – 18 January 2018
The FMLC held a Winter Colloquium on the topic of the continuity of financial contracts post-Brexit at the Bank of England. Four speakers articulated a range of views of the topic. […]
Coordinating Responses across the City to Brexit Statutory Instruments
HM Treasury has announced it will publish a significant volume of secondary legislation under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in relation to the financial services. As the end of […]
Report: The Robustness of Financial Contracts after Brexit: 6 August 2018
Since the U.K. voted to withdraw from the E.U., a question which has been raised by many market participants and observers, in the context of a hard Brexit, is whether […]
Letter to Ministry of Justice: Legacy E.U. Level 2 legislation and “retained” law: 31 July 2018
The FMLC has sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice, drawing attention to the question of the status of Level 2 E.U. legislation in the event the relevant Level […]
Preparing for publication of [draft] statutory instruments by HM Government
In June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to withdraw from the European Union, commencing a period of political and legal uncertainty as both parties began to plan for the disentanglement […]
Advisory Group on Brexit meeting: 14 June 2018
Members of the Brexit Advisory Group met on 14 June 2018. They discussed the progress of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill through Parliament and various issues related to the continuity […]
Letter to the Department for Exiting the European Union: Legal Uncertainties relating to Insurance Business: 12 July 2018
The FMLC has sent a letter detailing the issues of legal uncertainty which arise in relation to insurance business in the context of Brexit. The letter draws attention to the […]
Report: Establishment of an E.U. Insurer in Another Member State: 12 July 2018
As the U.K. and E.U. continue to negotiate their relationship in the context of the U.K.’s impending withdrawal from the E.U. (“Brexit”) and as U.K. insurers with clients in the […]
Advisory Group on Brexit meeting: 21 March 2018
On 21 March 2018, members of the Brexit Advisory Group met for the first meeting of 2018. The meeting was chaired by Dr Joanna Perkins of the FMLC. On the […]